Auxiliar de Conversacion

In Palma de Mallorca

My Role 4 days a week, three hours a day at high

school Borja Moll

Active role in 12 different classes, seeing each class once a week

My Job

Assist teachers with pronunciation and correct use of words and phrases in context

Cultural references and presentations

Plan and implement term projects

Conversational practice

Planning an activity when the activity is done

Coordination

Important to communicate with the teacher

Not as structured as some may hope

Try to start out with your expectations for coordination, because a lot of teachers have been doing what they do for so long they may have trouble adjusting at first to having to help you coordinate

Problems

Communication – English/Spanish

Student’s motivation

Attitude

Activities Poems

Games – fish bowl, directions

Graffiti scavenger hunt

This year – T20

What didn’t work?

What I Learned

To go with the flow

That you have to respect to be respected

A lot of Spanish, practicing with the teachers

Smiling is the most important

A lot about One Direction

What would I do differently this year?

Advice Your attitude is everything

Try to go on field trips as an English chaperone

Don’t be afraid to talk to the other teachers

If there are activities outside of school, go to those too